Recent content by Jim Golden

I should add that my KY flintlock I built when I was 13 has a 42" barrel....so this one is the shorty :)

No Typo. She's got a 30" tube! I was going to go 29", but the guy at Douglas laughed and said "We can go to thirty, so you might as well!" So that's what she is. With the big ugly A-Square stock, the longer barrel actually looks about right :)

I spent nearly $7K, over 10 years, building my rifle. I couldn't even fathom "renting" one. My super custom .375 Weatherby clocks in at 2889 ft/s on the chrono with a 300gr. That's knocking on the .378's door. Built her on a Model 1917 Enfield action with a 30" Douglas barrel and an A-Square...

I have one of those, IvW, and used it to zap a Russian Razorback Boar hog of 230lbs....which seems like nothing for a .375 but is tough for a .270..... My dad gave it to me and I'll never sell it, but I'm taking my full custom M1917 .375 Wby to Africa.

Hawkeye used one of these in "The Avengers" :)

I load that bullet in my Marlin 1895 Cowboy .45-70 with 26" octagon barrel. I get about 1850 ft/s with it. Completely devastated a white tail deer with it. But even that load is so hot it will sometimes kick the lever open, so it's probably too hot. How does a .45-70 loaded up hot like this...

Limbsaver and KickEez both make pads big enough for the Coil-Chek if you need a new one.

Is that an A-Square Hannibal? Looks like a Model 1917 action, pistol grip is sharp like a Coil-Chek, and the butt looks kind of big. I'm building a .460 right now that will be a Hannibal clone. Got a Coil-Chek stock from MPI stocks and have a 16 ounce and 12 ounce mercury recoil reducer in...

That's terrible. I just got scammed out of $5k by a guy who was supposed to be a hot tub/swim spa technician. I did some work on mine and got into a scrape where I just needed help. Found this guy online. He comes out, goes over it all with me, actually did find a lot of stuff wrong with it...

My dad has a really old .300 H&H. I believe it is a Model 721 Remington. I'm not sure the year of manufacture. I guess before the Model 700 came out. He sold it to his buddy before I was born in the mid 60's and told him "When you're done with it, I want to buy it back." Well he bought it...

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I use the 91.5gr of RL-22 in mine. I have a longer than standard barrel and get quite a bit more velocity than this. Chronographed 2885 and 2889 ft/s with a 300gr. For some reason the image is sideways, but it opens right side up when I click on it.... This is from A-Square's manual.

I'm a big believer in the A-Square Coil-Chek stock. I built my first rifle on a M1917 action with this stock in .375 Weatherby. It's got a long barrel and I chronographed it (on edit, a 300gr...that's all I shoot out of it) at 2889 ft/s. That's about 5560 ft-lbs of energy, so no slouch. I...

My home built .375 Weatherby does 2889 ft/s with a 300gr. I chronographed it. Long barrel. I throated it for a 350 and still left 3/8" of freebore. I've yet to load some 350's. Want to try them. Not sure what velocity I could get....maybe 2750 ft/s? That would be a real hammer. To date...